Exercise - 26

Question: 1 Jill: 'I'm so confused, I don't know what to do.' Frank: '.......'

Take it free. Take it easy. Take it light. Take it relaxed. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 1 [Take it easy.]

Notes: Jill: 'I'm so confused, I don't know what to do.'Frank: 'Take it easy.'

Question: 2 Jill: 'What shall I do — I'm in a terrible state!' Frank: '.......'

Calm on. Calm up. Calm along. Calm down. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 2 [Calm down.]

Notes: Jill: 'What shall I do — I'm in a terrible state!'Frank: 'Calm down.'

Question: 3 Jill: 'I'm afraid I've just broken the handle.' Frank: '.......'

Don't brood. Don't annoy. Don't worry. Don't anger. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 3 [Don't worry.]

Notes: Jill: 'I'm afraid I've just broken the handle.'Frank: 'Don't worry.'

Question: 4 Jill: 'I hope nobody minds if I leave early.' Frank: '.......'

It'll be all right. It'll be all correct. It'll be all straight. It'll be all fine. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 4 [It'll be all right.]

Notes: Jill: 'I hope nobody minds if I leave early.'Frank: 'It'll be all right.'

Question: 5 Jill: 'It's going to cost a lot of money to put right, I'm afraid.' Frank: '.......'

It's not the end of the day. It's not the end of life. It's not the end of the world. It's not the end of everything. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 5 [It's not the end of the world.]

Notes: Jill: 'It's going to cost a lot of money to put right, I'm afraid.'Frank: 'It's not the end of the world.'

Question: 6 Jill: 'I do hope they make it tonight — it's very late you know.' Frank: '.......'

They're tied to come. They're forced to come. They're destined to come. They're bound to come. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 6 [They're bound to come.]

Notes: Jill: 'I do hope they make it tonight — it's very late you know.'Frank: 'They're bound to come.'

Question: 7 Jill: 'I don't think I can stand much more of this.' Frank: '.......'

The worst is by. The worst is over. The worst is through. The worst is gone. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 7 [The worst is over.]

Notes: Jill: 'I don't think I can stand much more of this.'Frank: 'The worst is over.'

Question: 8 Jill: 'What's your view of what's coming next?' Frank: '.......'

Things can only grow better. Things can only show better. Things can only get better. Things can only appear better. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 8 [Things can only get better.]

Notes: Jill: 'What's your view of what's coming next?'Frank: 'Things can only get better.'

Question: 9 Jill: 'I've lost everything my job, my house, my money — what should I do?' Frank: '.......'

Count your blessings. Count your benefits. Count your assets. Count your possessions. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 9 [Count your blessings.]

Notes: Jill: 'I've lost everything my job, my house, my money — what should I do?'Frank: 'Count your blessings.'

Question: 10 Jill: 'I'm very depressed at the moment, sorry.' Frank: '.......'

Face up. Cheek up. Nose up. Chin up. Show Answer

Correct Answer : 10 [Chin up.]

Notes: Jill: 'I'm very depressed at the moment, sorry.'Frank: 'Chin up.'

Question: 1 The detective story is sometimes called 'whodunit' because the reader has to work ....... who did it, who committed the crime.

in out off over Show Answer

Correct Answer : 1 [out]

Notes: The detective story is sometimes called 'whodunit' because the reader has to work out who did it, who committed the crime.

Question: 2 The skill of course of the writing is how many times a reader can be sent up ....... alleys.

short twisted blind long Show Answer

Correct Answer : 2 [blind]

Notes: The skill of course of the writing is how many times a reader can be sent up blind alleys.

Question: 3 Another way of putting this is how many red ....... the author can throw in the reader's path.

fish sharks cod herrings Show Answer

Correct Answer : 3 [herrings]

Notes: Another way of putting this is how many red herrings the author can throw in the reader's path.

Question: 4 The idea is to keep the readers in a permanent state of ....... so that they never know what's going to happen next.

suspense suspension suspending suspenders Show Answer

Correct Answer : 4 [suspense]

Notes: The idea is to keep the readers in a permanent state of suspense so that they never know what's going to happen next.

Question: 5 As the plot ......., you find yourself agreeing with one character's solution and then another's.

undoes unfolds unties unfurls Show Answer

Correct Answer : 5 [unfolds]

Notes: As the plot unfolds, you find yourself agreeing with one character's solution and then another's.

Question: 6 As a result you feel as if you are walking in a ....... since at each turning you come to a block end.

muddle mess maze mist Show Answer

Correct Answer : 6 [maze]

Notes: As a result you feel as if you are walking in a maze since at each turning you come to a block end.

Question: 7 One of the best known detectives is Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot who uses what he calls his little grey ....... — his brains.

molecules cells particles atoms Show Answer

Correct Answer : 7 [cells]

Notes: One of the best known detectives is Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot who uses what he calls his little grey cells — his brains.

Question: 8 Invariably Poirots calls all the ....... together in the last part of the story.

suspicions suspecting suspected suspects Show Answer

Correct Answer : 8 [suspects]

Notes: Invariably Poirots calls all the suspects together in the last part of the story.

Question: 9 One by one he ....... the innocent until finally the murderer is unmasked.

extinguishes excludes eliminates exerts Show Answer

Correct Answer : 9 [eliminates]

Notes: One by one he eliminates the innocent until finally the murderer is unmasked.

Question: 10 The thing that always surprises me is the fact that the murderer bothers to take ....... in the final meeting.

partition part parting parted Show Answer

Correct Answer : 10 [part]

Notes: The thing that always surprises me is the fact that the murderer bothers to take part in the final meeting.

Question: 1 I hung the washing out only two hours ago but it is already bone ....... thanks to the hot sunshine.

parched dry clear dried Show Answer

Correct Answer : 1 [dry]

Notes: I hung the washing out only two hours ago but it is already bone dry thanks to the hot sunshine.

Question: 2 They came straight out with their complaint ....... no bones about it whatsoever.

saying trying doing making Show Answer

Correct Answer : 2 [making]

Notes: They came straight out with their complaint making no bones about it whatsoever.

Question: 3 It was a miracle that he was still alive as he hadn't eaten for weeks and when they found him he was just ....... and bone.

skin flesh meat cover Show Answer

Correct Answer : 3 [skin]

Notes: It was a micacle that he was still alive as he hadn't eaten for weeks and when they found him he was just skin and bone.

Question: 4 It was quite simple really — he never did any work at all and was sacked for being bone ........

lazy useless idle inactive Show Answer

Correct Answer : 4 [idle]

Notes: It was quite simple really — he never did any work at all and was sacked for being bone idle.

Question: 5 It's impossible to say exactly why I think that's the case. All I can say is that I ....... it in my bones.

understand feel see follow Show Answer

Correct Answer : 5 [feel]

Notes: It's impossible to say exactly why I think that's the case. All I can say is that I feel it in my bones.

Question: 6 We're expecting a visit from a French couple soon so I'll have to bone ....... on my French.

in to with up Show Answer

Correct Answer : 6 [up]

Notes: We're expecting a visit from a French couple soon so I'll have to bone up on my French.

Question: 7 Ah, yes I've got a bone to ....... with you. You told me you would pay me back last week and I still haven't got the money yet.

pick chew taste eat Show Answer

Correct Answer : 7 [pick]

Notes: Ah, yes I've got a bone to pick with you. You told me you would pay me back last week and I still haven't got the money yet.

Question: 8 Although the TV programme was funny, my aunt was a bit shocked because some of the jokes were a bit ....... the bone.

next close near by Show Answer

Correct Answer : 8 [near]

Notes: Although the TV programme was funny, my aunt was a bit shocked because some of the jokes were a bit near the bone.

Question: 9 I won't go into the full details of the proposition, I'll just give you the ....... bones.

naked bare simple stripped Show Answer

Correct Answer : 9 [bare]

Notes: I won't go into the full details of the proposition, I'll just give you the bare bones.

Question: 10 Her children were very ungrateful for all she'd done for them as she had really worked her ....... to the bone for them.

elbows arms legs fingers Show Answer

Correct Answer : 10 [fingers]

Notes: Her children were very ungrateful for all she'd done for them as she had really worked her fingers to the bone for them.